Sweet Bonanza by Pragmatic Play: your guide to playing at Gunsbet
Pragmatic Play's scatter-pays slot on a 6x5 grid with tumbling wins and free spins, holding 96.60% RTP and medium volatility.
From fruit symbols to bonus rounds: how Sweet Bonanza works
How symbols pay on the grid. Sweet Bonanza is a 6-reel, 5-row slot from Pragmatic Play released in 2019. The game uses a scatter-pays mechanic where 8 or more matching symbols anywhere on the grid form a win, with no fixed paylines. Winning symbols are removed and remaining ones tumble down, filling empty spaces from above. Tumbling continues until no new wins form. The candy and fruit theme keeps wins rolling with a medium volatility that delivers a mix of smaller and bigger payouts across sessions.
Which player suits this slot. Sweet Bonanza suits players who enjoy extended play with frequent smaller wins broken up by occasional bigger ones. Bets range from NZ$0.20 to NZ$240, so both cautious and confident players find a stake that fits. The optional Ante Bet raises your stake by 25 percent for a higher chance of triggering the Free Spins round, suiting those who prioritise bonus access. New players may prefer base game play first, since the scatter-pays mechanic and tumble feature take a spin or two to settle into.
What makes a single spin longer. The Tumble Feature shapes every single round. After you spin, any win is calculated from the count of matching symbols on the grid. Those symbols pay and vanish, leaving gaps above them. Symbols tumble down, fresh ones fill from the top, and wins are checked again. This cascade keeps repeating at no extra cost until the grid stops producing wins, then your total from all tumbles adds to your balance. One base spin can trigger many tumbles, turning a small match into a longer payout sequence.
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NZ$5 064 000
How one round of Sweet Bonanza plays
Understand exactly what happens from your first spin to your payout in base game
What happens when four Scatters land?
When you reach the bonus round. Four or more Scatter symbols anywhere on the 6x5 grid trigger 10 free spins. During the round, three or more Scatters award five additional free spins. Multiplier symbols appear only here, each holding a random value from 2x to 100x, and their values combine to multiply each winning sequence.
Skip ahead to free spins. You can purchase 10 free spins directly from the left-hand panel at any time. The Buy Feature is disabled when Ante Bet is active. Cost is NZ$1 000 at your example top bet of NZ$10, or 100 times your chosen stake.
Watch the grid tumble. The base game runs on a 6x5 grid with no paylines. Eight matching symbols anywhere on the grid form a winning combination. When symbols pay, they are removed and remaining symbols fall to fill empty spaces from above; the sequence repeats with no limit until no more wins occur, and all wins combine into one payout.
When you want higher stakes. Toggle Ante Bet on in the left-hand panel to raise your stake by 25 percent. At your example top bet of NZ$10, Ante Bet brings your stake to NZ$12.50. The Buy Feature button becomes unavailable while Ante Bet is on.
Sweet Bonanza in demo mode
Gunsbet Casino lets you explore the slot and its features with no money at risk before playing for real.
How much does Sweet Bonanza return per 100 staked
RTP is the average amount returned to players over a very large number of spins. The standard game returns 96.60 per 100 staked. Gunsbet Casino may run an alternative version that returns 96.49 per 100 staked instead.
RTP 96.60% · Standard game
RTP 96.49% · Alternative version
Buy your way into free spins
Buying free spins awards 10 bonus rounds regardless of your bet level. At NZ$10 per spin, this costs NZ$1,000. During free spins, multiplier symbols appear and boost your wins.
Raise the stakes before you spin
Turning on Ante Bet multiplies your stake by 1.25, so a NZ$10 spin becomes NZ$12.50. This increases your win potential in both base game and free spins rounds.
What you cannot know in advance about this slot
Bonus timing cannot be forecast. The bonus round triggers depend entirely on the symbols the reels deliver. No player can predict when four or more Scatters will land, so you cannot plan around when free spins arrive.
Session results remain unpredictable. One session's result depends on random outcomes, not on what the RTP figure tells you. That 96.60% average holds across millions of spins, not yours. Your next hour could yield more or much less.
Check which version you are playing. Sweet Bonanza runs in two RTP versions: 96.60% and 96.49%. Which version operates here appears only inside the game rules panel, not on this page or the lobby.
Treat the maximum win as a theoretical limit. Sweet Bonanza's maximum win of NZ$5,064,000 at the highest bet is a ceiling you may never approach. Wins of that size arise from rare symbol combinations and extreme multiplier luck during free spins.
Find your Sweet Bonanza variant
Each game in the series carries a different RTP between 96.49% and 96.60%, and a maximum win ranging from 21100x to 50000x your stake.
Sweet Bonanza 2500
Sweet Bonanza Super Scatter
Sweet Bonanza 1000
Five questions about Sweet Bonanza
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Playing Sweet Bonanza within your limits
Money out, not in. Set a budget before you sit down to play. Decide the total amount in NZ dollars you are willing to spend on this session and treat it as money already gone.
Plan your exit point. Decide in advance when you will stop playing—both if you win and if you lose. Walk away when that point arrives, even if the slot feels like it could pay out next.
Control through account tools. Use deposit limits and loss limits on your Gunsbet Casino account to cap what you can spend. Reality checks and session time reminders help you notice how long you have been playing.
Fun stops, so do you. If the game stops feeling fun or you notice gambling is taking up more of your time and money, pause or use self-exclusion. Support is available from Gambling Helpline New Zealand and The Problem Gambling Foundation.